Bad Windows 7 Update ?? - Win7 Users Please Read

[Ted Craven]

Originally Posted by Donnie

It appears microsoft may have pushed a bad update to Win7 systems last night. Everyone of our computers at work with Win7 just reboot and reboot and reboot. If you are on Win7 and you did not have your computer on last night, DISABLE YOUR AUTOMATIC UPDATES NOW!!! I would also go into your restore points to ensure you have one set previous to last night!

Personally I would roll my computer back to that restore point in case the newest update is waiting for you to reboot. I have heard from a number of people outside our work place that they have the same problem! It appears to be only Win7 machines!! What happens is it starts to load the Operating System but then does a physical dump (blue screen of death) and then automatically reboots!

Link: http://www.homebased2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10837

This was posted this morning over at the HTR Forums and I consider the poster quite reliable. I don't have Win 7 installed on any computers at the moment so I can't verify. But I would take it seriously, just in case.

Google Search "create win 7 restore point" if you don't know about restore points in Windows, or the ability to roll back Windows to a previously functional state.

FWIW, Windows Vista updated last night on several of my computers and all seems well, so far.

Ted

[Ted Craven]

This appears not to have been a wide-spread problem after all, perhaps only a few Win7 computers here and there, depending on configuration.

I thought it better to be safe than sorry...

Ted

[clore1030]

I appreciated the warning. There is a new SP coming for Win 7, ZD Net sent me an email about it:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/...36?tag=nl.e589